Help to buy discounts

MobileSaver

Snolp2 wrote: »

Apparently it is a requirement by the government. Does anyone know if this is true, or just sales spiel?

Pretty simple really, ask the sales person which part of the legislation/scheme forbids discounts...

brit1234

Guys you are not getting freebies, you are paying for them through an inflated sales price.

thedalmeny

GK23 wrote: »

Hi there, I tried to get some discount off asking price but got a reply they can't do that on the scheme..and no big builder is offering it..can you tell me which locations you are trying to buy house at? I am based in London and trying to buy near Uxbridge from weston homes but no discounts and I don't feel like buying at asked price when they are easily giving at least stamp duty off...:-(

North West for me mate - it will likely depend on the kind of demand your sites are experiencing. Two different major house builders were offering me cash discounts on their houses for Help to Buy.. Then again, i do live in the North West and not London.

I was actually quite surprised they discounted for me as the houses on the site we're buying are already very reasonable priced when looking at house prices (both listed and sold) in a 5-10 mile radius for the last 1-2 years. It's also a cul-de-sac plot with no property to the rear and a protected field at the back.

Also, ignore brit.. From reading the forums it does appear that the vast majority of the forum think he's a bit of a dimwit.

ILW

Legalities do not matter. If the seller does not want to give you a discount, they do not have to.

GK23

thedalmeny wrote: »

North West for me mate - it will likely depend on the kind of demand your sites are experiencing. Two different major house builders were offering me cash discounts on their houses for Help to Buy.. Then again, i do live in the North West and not London.

I was actually quite surprised they discounted for me as the houses on the site we're buying are already very reasonable priced when looking at house prices (both listed and sold) in a 5-10 mile radius for the last 1-2 years. It's also a cul-de-sac plot with no property to the rear and a protected field at the back.

Also, ignore brit.. From reading the forums it does appear that the vast majority of the forum think he's a bit of a dimwit.

Thx for ur inputs...can you tell me which builders and development offered discount...I may want to take a look there as well..

fragmast3r

barratts offered me no discounts, no upgrades and no incentives

taylor wimpey offered me £8k discount, pay solicitor fees, pay valuation fee, turfed back,

so ended up buying a nicer, larger house through TW for less than barratts, TW also came with carpets etc, Barratt 1 didnt